71.  Any such merger, however, will have to be approved by the board of the new joint operating company, hospital officials said.

72.  DeLay and other Republicans said the White House has hired a detective company to dig into the private lives of GOP members and then pass it along to reporters.

73.  Derrick, 57, will be succeeded by Robert H. Walls Jr., currently the deputy general counsel, the company said.

74.  DeSantis developed Rexall into one of the world's leading companies in the development, manufacture and distribution of vitamins and nutritional supplements.

75.  Desc will spend half of the $150 million it has set aside for investment this year to beef up its auto parts division, the company has said.

76.  Describing RCA's long struggle back from the brink of extinction, he seems glad to be able to predict any future for his company.

77.  Description: A big catalogue company that sells apparel as well as luggage and home products.

78.  Description: Company that began by selling ice axes now markets a full range of sporting equipment and clothing.

79.  Descriptions by Primerica Financial agents of policies from other companies were also changed, Mr. Morse said.

80.  Denver-based gold mining company Golden Star Resources Ltd. fell 7/8 to 15 1/2, its third straight decline.